Interior Is coming out......

Door skin is about to go on, but I can't do it tonight since it's past 10pm and my little Claire sleeps above the garage area. I'll try to do it tomorrow night or sometime soon. No rush. As soon as I get that on, I need to put on some epoxy primer on the fenders and door. Hopefully I can get that finished this weekend along with wiring my compressor.

Spent the last few nights pulling out the interior and some of the nasty old firewall padding. So thick old and nasty, it was time for it to make its maiden voyage to the trash. Here is what it use to look like













And here is a preview of most of the stuff getting yanked out and trashed....

Here is one more shot with the dash and the heater ducting out and the glove box/door. This is going to be a lot of work next spring:

Rusty gets some new graphics.....

Here are some new pics from the past few nights. I have been getting the door frame cleaned up and ready to install the new door skin. I'm not sure if I'll glue that panel in place or use a few tack welds around each of the corners.












Here is a shot down the side of the car, need to make sure the body lines are straight and the skin gets put on correctly.

Door shell painting

Here is a shot of the door before blasting














I just finished sandblasting the left door shell and cleaned it up for some rust preventative maintinence. I just applied a coat of POR15 silver to the entire door. Sure looks better than that
rust that was there.

After sandblasting:













Here is after the POR15 silver has been applied.














The next step is to get the door skin aligned and ready to glue to the shell. I'm hoping to get this done by the end of the week and then try to get the hinges back on.

I'm having a PITA of a time trying to get the new hinges to align properly. The lower detent cam is not aligning with the roller assembly. I need to either bend the hinge or the tab to get it centered.

I have also been measure the front end to make sure all the damage is fixed from the idiot who crashed this car long ago. The front left firewall is caved in and needs to be pulled. I'll either have to get a stud welding gun or use a BIG hammer.

Later.....Rustalicous.